The state has made significant progress in its vaccination effort after Gov. Tom Wolf came under intense scrutiny, but that progress still depends, in part, on where you live.
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Wolf administration refuses to release details of wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses
The state Health Department is once again citing a decades-old law that it has used numerous times to prevent greater public scrutiny of its coronavirus pandemic response.
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Have you helped process Pa. unemployment claims this past year? Spotlight PA wants to hear from you
Spotlight PA is seeking current and former employees of the state Department of Labor and Industry about their experiences during the pandemic.
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As thousands of unemployment claims expire, Pa. residents refile, wait on federal benefits
The expiration of state benefits for many and the new federal stimulus law is creating fresh confusion and potential gaps in benefits for people who have been desperate for help for the past year.
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Ballot questions should be clear, but two written by the Wolf administration don’t pass the test
Two proposals that will be before voters this May have drawn the ire of Republican leaders in the state House and Senate, who called language written by the Wolf administration “prejudicial.”
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A huge spike in Medicaid enrollment in Pa. shows how devastating the coronavirus has been
Enrollment in the program rose by more than 388,000 people, or 13.7%, including in counties that, historically, have been wealthier than some of their counterparts.
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Child sex abuse survivors in Pa. denied legal relief as emergency effort fails
A Wolf administration blunder derailed a traditional constitutional amendment to provide legal relief for survivors of child sex abuse, leading lawmakers to pursue the emergency option.
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Levine pressed for answers on Pa.’s missing nursing home data as confirmation advances
U.S. House and Senate Republicans also want more information on the state’s overall response to nursing homes, citing several Spotlight PA reports.
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Hopes dim that Pa. lawmakers will push through emergency relief for clergy abuse victims
A proposed constitutional amendment was derailed by “human error” within Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration, leading lawmakers to pursue the rarely used, emergency tactic.
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See how much lawmakers banked in meal, lodging payments during the pandemic
Despite a statewide shutdown and remote voting, Pennsylvania state lawmakers — led by House Democrats — banked hundreds of thousands of dollars in flat-rate payments for meals and lodging.
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Partisan Pa. websites masquerading as local news threaten trust in journalism, new report finds
Both Republican and Democratic groups are seeking to exploit the growing void in local news through outlets that fail basic journalistic standards, according to a report by NewsGuard.
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During height of coronavirus pandemic, Pa. lawmakers still cashed in big on meals, lodging
They collected $726,877 from taxpayers in per diem payments, in addition to being among the highest paid in the country. House Democrats received the most.
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5 things to know about the minimum wage debate in Pa.
Republican opposition to minimum wage increases has long focused on what raising overhead might force businesses to do to offset those higher payroll costs
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Pa. audit confirms Biden got more votes than Trump, but can’t tell us much else
While the audit’s results indicate a high degree of confidence in the outcome, they cannot answer some of the finer questions about how the election was run.
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From tests to vaccines, Pa. health officials still missing crucial race data for COVID-19
Race and ethnicity data is key to informing vaccine outreach efforts to communities disproportionately affected by the virus, local health officials told Spotlight PA.
